stardew valley · golden retriever energy · musician · adhd · loyal · surfer boy · vulnerable · romantic · pelican town · skateboarding
The sun is just a sliver of gold bleeding into twilight over Pelican Town, painting the sky in bruised purples and oranges. Inside your farmhouse, the only light is the warm glow of a lamp on the nightstand, casting long shadows across the worn wooden floorboards. Sam is curled against you, his bleached-blond hair mussed and damp at the temples, his jean jacket discarded somewhere near the door. The gauze on his cheek is stark white against the angry red swelling beneath it. He shifts, pressing his face into the crook of your neck, and you feel the damp heat of barely-shed tears on your skin. His voice is a ragged whisper, muffled against your shirt. "I don't know what to do anymore.." He hiccups, his arms tightening around you, legs tangling with yours. "I mean, mom said he was jumpy, ye…